Detachable heel.



1. PLISCO.

DETACHABLE HEEL.

APPLICATION man AuG.23. 1917.

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JOSEPH FLISUO, F RDRRURE, VXRGHHR., RSSIGNR F UFl'R-HALF'TU i'l'lOllRFM @UDDSTRIFL UF RORR'OM, WlEtlEl-IRTIR. I

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To all whom t may concern.

Re it known that ll, dosnrrr Frasco, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roanoke, in the county of Roanoke and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Detachable Heels, of which the following is a. specification.

The present invention relates to boot and shoe construction, and refers more particularly to heel attaching means. n

An object of the present invention is to provide means of attachment for heels to secure the latter to the counters or upper parts of shoes without the use of the usual screw, or other devices which must necessarily pass through the body or lifts of the heel; which provides means of attachment which securely holds a wooden or otherwise suitably formed heel to the shoe; which p rovides an attaching means capable of lending ornamentation to the shoe and to the heel; and an attaching device which when used may be suitably embedded in the heel and covered to obscure the device.

The invention further aims at the provision of a heel attaching device by the use of which spool or otherwise suitably formed heels may be secured to the shoe quickly, easily, and rigidly, and which admits of the ready removal and interclianging of heels without separating or marring the rand7 counters or other portions of the body of the shoe.

'llhe above, and various other objects and advantages of this invention will be in part described, and in part understood, from the following detailed description ofthe present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a shoe having a heel and attaching means applied thereto constructed according to the present invention.

v Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l through the heel, the attaching means and the counter of the shoe.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking toward the bottom of the shoe, andshowing the mounting of the heel in the attaching plate. v

Fig. i is a detail perspective view of the attaching plate, showing the underside of the same..

Referring to lthis drawinge A designates tpeelltlcation of Lettera Patent.

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the body of a shoe provided with the usual counter B inturned at its lower edge and receiving thereon the usual inner sole C.

The device of this invention comprises a body plate conforming in general contour to the heel part of the shoe body and adapted e like, to the counter B, `or other suitable adjacent part of the shoe body located immediately above the heel D, which is of any suitable form, such as is in present use. rlhe plate 10 is transversely and longitudinally concaved at its upper surface to conform to the general contour of the last, and to the shaping of the inner sole C when in use. The plate 10, in conforming to the contour of the heel part of the shoe is of greater width at its rear end than at its forward end, and is adapted to conform to the marginal edge of the base or attaching end of the heel D.

The plate 10 is provided with a marginal flange 12 which depends from the plate and is of less length at its lower free edge than at its upper edge at its juncture with the plate 10. rlhis construction of the Harige draws the latter inwardly beneath the plate 10 and forms a groove or substantially annular pocket at the underside of the plate adapted to snugly receive therein the Haring upper end of the heel D when the latter is pressed against the forward portion of the plate and moved rearwardly into the pocket beneath the flange 12. y The forward relatively narrow end 'of the heel. engaging plate 10 terminates in a vstraight transverse edge which is unllanged and' which is adapted to lie closely to the rear arched end of the outsole 1t which, in the construction of heel shown may abut against the forward edge of the attaching plate 10.

rllhe flange 12 at its free ends is bendable, as at 15, and is adapted to be turned down at substantially right angles to the lane of the plate 10 to receive the forwar end of the heel base therebetween, and which are adapted to be turned over against the lower side of the plate 10 to bind the flange about the base of the heel and hold the latter rigidly from detachment or vibration. lf desired, nails 16 or the like, may be secured through the overturned ends of the flange to hold the ends from bending downwardly from the plate 10.

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sink at itsupper margina'l edge and in its outer surface to receive the flange 12 therem for disposing the outer face of the flange flush with the outer face of the heel and provide a smooth and uninterrupted surface over both the attaching plate and the heel. This flange 12, which is the only exposed portion of the attaching plate, may be enameled or coated when the heel is so treated to obscure the attaching plate, or other suitable means may be employed for covering the flange and the heel to prevent detect1on of the line of jointure between the heel and the attaching plate.

For the purpose of ornamentation the fla-nge 12, which is preferably of metal, may be left uncovered, and may be polished to define a narrow band about the upper-base portion of the heel. When the heel is attached to the shoe by means of the plate 10, and the ends 15 of the flange secured against the underside of the plate, a suitable covering strip 17 may be secured over the ends 15 of the flange and against the forward side of the heel D.

By the use of this plate 10 a Shoemaker may quickly secure heels to-shoes, by riveting or otherwise quickly securing a plate 10 of this construction to the heel part of an ordinary shoe, sliding the base end of a heel into the pocket formed by the flange 12, and securing the free ends 15 of the flange flat against the lower side of the plate 10. The heel D is thus rigidly connected to the shoe and may be quickly and easily removed therefrom by merely prying up the ends 15 of the flange and sliding the heel D forwardly from the flange 12.

It is of course understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the specifically described embodiment without departing from the spirit of the invention, the changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

1. Means for detachably supporting heels on boots and shoes comprising a plate adapted for attachment to the heel part of a boot or shoe body said plate having a marginal downturned flange adapted'to receive therein the base part of a heel and adapted to be bent over against the underside of the plate to bind the free marginal edge of the flange about the base of the heel.

2. Means for detachably supporting heels on boots and shoes comprising a plate forattachment to the heel part of a shoe body and conforming in contour to the upper end of a heel, said plate having a depending flange surrounding the base of a heel and being of shorter length at its free edge than at its upper edge, and means for binding the flange about the base of the heel to hold it to the plate.

3. Means for detachably supporting heels on boots and shoes comprising a plate adapted for attachment to the heel part of a shoe body, said plate having an upper concaved face conforming to the contour of the shoe body and having a marginal depending flange of less length at its free edge than at its upper edge, said flange forming a pocket for the reception of the flaring base of a heel, and means for further shortening the free edge of the flange'to bind the latter over the flaring edge of the heel base.

4. Means for detachably supporting heels on boots and shoes comprising a plate adapted to be riveted to the counter of a shoe at the heel part thereof and having a depending flange extending beneath the plate to form therebetween a marginal pocket for the reception of the flaring edge at the base of the heel, said flange terminating at opposite ends at the forward corners of the plate and being adapted to be turned thereat over against the plate to bind the flange about the flaring edge of the heel, and means for securing the ends of the flange in overturned position.

5. Means for detachably supporting heels on boots and shoes comprising a plate conforming at its marginal edge to the shape of a heel base, means for securing the plate to the counter of a shoe, said plate having a depending underturned flange extending along the lateral and rear edges of the plate to engage about the flaring edge of the base of a heel for retaining the base against the plate, the forward ends of the flange being adapted to be bent against the underside of the plate forwardly of the heel to hold the latter from moving from beneath the flange, and means for securing the ends of the flange in overturned position.

6. In a shoe, the combination of va shoe upper having an insole, a counter turned beneath the insole, and an outsole secured to the forepart of the upper and terminating in advance of the heel part, a heel having a flaring upper end, an attaching plate secured to the counter and the insole and provided with a depending flange adapted to embrace the flaring upper end of the heel, means for securing the forward end of the flange in overturned position against the lower side of the plate in advance of the heel for drawing the flange taut thereabout and retaining the heel from forward displacement from the flange, and a covering for the outsole extending over the forward portion of the plate and the downturncd ends of the flange to house the same.

JOSEPH PLISCO. 

